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Pesher – How Does the Scripture Apply to Us

Pesher is an interpretive technique where a text is interpreted, not as much related to its original setting, but rather to provide a solution or application related to the current cultural setting.

Pesher is one of those words heard more often in academic settings than in a local congregation. Pesher can be one of those words we hear and we start to blur over. This is unfortunate, as pesher פֵּשֶׁר, a Hebrew word, simply means interpretation. It becomes not what a verse meant to those living when it […]